• λεώς(leṓs) —Attic
• ληός(lēós) —Ionic
• λαϝός(lawós) —Laconian,Corinthian

FromProto-Hellenic*lāwós, with further origin uncertain:

• Possibly fromProto-Indo-European*leh₂wos(“people (under arms)”), from*leh₂w-(“military action”);^[1] in this case, cognate withPhrygianλαϝαγταει(lawagtaei,“military leader”),Hittite𒆷𒄴𒄩𒀸(laḫḫa-,“campaign”), andOld Irishláech(“warrior”).
• Beekes and Furnee take the word asPre-Greek, as the related proper nounΛήϊτος(Lḗïtos) is difficult to explain in Indo-European terms.^[2]
  • According to Martin Bernal 2006, echoing a theory ofSamuel Bochart in the 17th century, the specific borrowing isSemitic: compareHebrewלְאֹום(ləʔōm,“people”),Akkadianlīm(“many”), the Arabic rootل ء م(l ʔ m), etc.^[3]

λᾱός• (lāós) m (genitiveλᾱοῦ);second declension

1. people, people assembled, the people of a country
2. thesoldiers
3. commonpeople (as opposed to leaders or priests); thesubjects of a prince

• → Coptic:ⲗⲁⲟⲥ(laos)
• Greek:λαός(laós)

• “λαός”, inLiddell & Scott (1940)A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “λαός”, inLiddell & Scott (1889)An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “λαός”, inAutenrieth, Georg (1891)A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• λαός inBailly, Anatole (1935)Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• λαός inCunliffe, Richard J. (1924)A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published1963
• “λαός”, inSlater, William J. (1969)Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G2992 inStrong, James (1979)Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910)English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • commons idem, page 149.
  • people idem, page 604.
• Mallory, J. P.,Adams, D. Q., editors (1997),Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers,page31a

FromAncient Greekλαός(laós).

λαός• (laós) m (pluralλαοί)

1. people, the mass of a community as distinguished from a specialclass (elite); thecommonalty; thepopulace; thevulgar; the common crowd; thecitizens.

→ Aromanian:lao

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